Friday, October 29, 2010

C.M.O.S: Omega Angel


Tools
Pencils Only

About
Omega Angel, a Combat Contractor for C.M.O.S.

Year
2009

eXpressions
This supposed to be a colored artwork which I was planning for my laptop's wallpaper, guessed I procastinated too long.

It's a more updated rendition of one of my oldest characters, "Omega Vengence". Whom I renamed it to "Omega Angel" to sound more convincing and less "superhero". Created in 1996, I was heavily influenced by Image comics' "Gen 13" and "WildC.A.T.s" series, as well as Yukito Kishiro's "Gunnm" series (known as Battle Angel Alita in USA)

Omega was initially a member of the highly coverted S.O.V. team of bounty hunters. After the team split, Omega continued her days as a paid vigilante. In the C.M.O.S. series, she eventually teamed up with a fellow bounty hunter called "Flint", whom later became her love-interest.

CMOS is actually a kind of semiconductor commonly found in digital cameras. I actually learned this during my Polytechnic days and thought it's a cool name for a comic title. For the past 10 years, I created C.M.O.S with the meaning of "Cyber Mercenaries Onset Service" as Omega and Flint take up jobs via an online Mercenary Guild. During 1996 Internet in Singapore is at it's infancy and the word "Cyber" is like damn cool!

After 10 years, I decided to revamp C.M.O.S. to be more matured and convincing. The word "Mercenary" is something most do not want to be associated with. Instead they are now called "Contractors". Now C.M.O.S stands for "Civilian Military Operations Services" where Omega and Flint takes on both Military and Civilian "contracts" legally as Combat contractors.

Combat Contractors of the 21st century are bounded by a different set of Geneva conventions crafted after the Terror War. They are now required to wear the tag "Contractor" during their military operations.

For military contracts, Combat Contractors are not subjected to protection from interrogation and cannot be considered as POW. However, they are required to receive fair medical treatment and are to be treated humanely if captured.

For civilian contracts, Combat contractors are not sanctioned by the authorities and can be arrested and sentenced without trial if their operations is deemed as a major threat to the general public.

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